Interim Report – September 2015 #11 (30.09.15)

USA

Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis (EEE)

Two cases of EEE have been reported in Michigan and an additional case in Florida, USA. Both Michigan horses had to be euthanased; neither had been vaccinated against EEE. The latest cases bringing the national total to 45, of which 21 have been in Florida, 13 in Texas, three in Michigan, two each in North Carolina and Virginia, and one each in Alabama, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York and South Carolina.

The Animal Health Trust is a veterinary charity, based in Suffolk, which offers clinical referral services and diagnostic testing for horses, dogs and cats in East Anglia, across the UK and internationally. Through its research programmes it develops new diagnostic tests, treatments and vaccines to help thousands of animals.